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Choral music generally without accompaniment; literally - in the style of the chapel
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A cappella
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gradually growing faster
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accelerando (accel) or stringendo (string)
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emphasis or stress on one tone over others
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accent
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at pleasure; at will
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ad libitum (ad lib) or a placere
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indicating 2/2 time or "cut time"; literally - on the breve (half note)
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alla breve
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growing broader, that is, louder and slower
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allargando
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animated; excited; with life and spirit
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animato
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return to the original temp
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a tempo
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great technical skill, virtuosity
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bravura
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a break in the music
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caesura
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in a singing (lyric) style
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cantabile
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a section added at the end of a composition or passage as a conclusion
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coda
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a prefix meaning "with"
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con
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with animation
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con anima
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with force
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con forza
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with spirit, lively
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con spirito
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increase in volume
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crescendo
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to return and perform from the beginning
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da capo (D.C.)
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to return and perform from the sign
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del segno (D.S.)
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becoming softer
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decrescendo
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gradually becoming softer
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diminuendo
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pertaining to the notes of a major or minor scale
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diatonic
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a relation or state of tension between various tones
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dissonance
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to divide; as into parts
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divisi
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sweetly
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dolce
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lower the tone one full step
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double flat
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raise the tone one full step
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double sharp
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the level (amplitude) or loudness of sound
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dynamics
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very soft (pp)
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very soft
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soft (p)
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piano
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medium soft (mp)
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mezzo piano
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medium loud (f)
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meezzo forte
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loud (f)
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forte
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very loud (ff)
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fortissimo
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meaning "and"
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e, et, ed
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a different spelling of the same pitch or chord
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enharmonic
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with expression, with feeling
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espressivo
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a sign that indicates the note or rest over which is placed is to be prolonged
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fermata
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the end
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fine
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forced, a strong accent (fz)
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forzando
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the distance or relation between two pitches
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interval
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a grouping of accidentals placed at the beginning of a composition or section to indicate key
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key signature
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smooth and connected
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legato
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at the same tempo
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l'istesso tempo
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majestic, with dignity
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maestoso
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marked, emphasized
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marcato
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use of many notes on one syllable of text
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melisma
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a prefix meaning less
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meno
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less motion
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meno mosso
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a change of key within a composition
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modulation
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much, very
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molto
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dying away
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morendo
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motion, movement
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mosso, moto
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nothing
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niente
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not
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non
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melodic decoration
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ornament
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alternate version of a set of notes
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ossia
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with fervent emotion or passion
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passione
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a natural division of the melodic line with a cadence; comparable to a clause or sentence
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phrase
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more
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piu
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little by little
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poco a poco
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as if, almost
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quasi
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becoming slower
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rallentando (rall.)
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becoming slower
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ritardando (rit.)
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free use of accelerando and ritardando within a measure without altering the duration of the measure as a whole
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rubato
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without
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sans
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playfully
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scherzando
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always
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sempre
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without
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senza
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repetition of a set of notes at a different scale degree
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sequence
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forced or accented
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sforzando or sforzato (sf or sfz)
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in a similar manner
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simile
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softly, with a subdued voice, literally "under the voice"
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sotto voce
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detached
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staccato
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suddenly
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subito
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to be silent
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tacet
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the pace at which a composition is to be performed; rate of speed
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tempo
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very, very slow
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grave
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very slow
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largo
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less slow than largo
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larghetto
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slow
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adagio
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moderately slow
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lento
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moderate; walking tempo
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andante
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less slow than andante
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andantino
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medium tempo
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moderato
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less fast than allegro
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algretto
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fast
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allegro
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very fast and lively
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vivace, vivo
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extremely fast
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presto
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as fast as possible
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prestissimo
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hold or sustain
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tenuto
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the location of the majority of pitches in a composition or section
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tessitura
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tone color
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timbre
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a symbol indicating the type of meter and the unit of beat
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time signature
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all notes in a scale related to one central tone
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tonality
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tranquil, peaceful
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tranquillo
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all
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tutti
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voices on the same pitch or mixed voices in octaves
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unison
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